By Reuters Flash floods across Botswana have killed seven people including three children and uprooted thousands after days of heavy rains, President Duma Boko said on Saturday. Authorities have temporarily shut schools and blocked roads following more than a week of downpours. “We will continue to work in the short […]
By Reuters South Africa has temporarily closed a key border crossing with Botswana due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the country’s border authority said. The Grobler’s Bridge crossing in northern South Africa is used for trade, especially by miners in the Copperbelt region straddling Zambia and the Democratic Republic of […]
By Reuters Botswana votes on Wednesday in an election that will determine whether President Mokgweetsi Masisi secures a second term, with economic woes caused by declining diamond demand in focus. Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has governed the southern African state since 1966 and remains the favourite to win despite decreasing […]
